Annoying Calls

[Guest dan_small]

Is anyone else getting calls from an unknown number where it just beeps and hangs up as soon as you answer it?

It doesn't seem to be a person 'cos it hangs up immediately. Both me with my SPV and my mate with a Nokia have been getting them almost everyday for the last couple of months.

[Guest mjc1975]

If I was having a guess I would say that it is coming from a sales company with an auto-dialler. The way a dialler works is it phones several numbers at once, when they are answered it looks to see if a salesman/woman is free and will connect you to the call. If all the salesforce are on a call it will hang up. Nothing suspicious but VERY VERY annoying.

AND... unless they speak to you and you can tell them you don't want to buy what they are selling you stay on there list and they keep calling you!!!

[Guest Martin@Home]

I had that for a week solid and then it just stopped !

Glad it's not just me :lol:

[Guest dan_small]

yes mjc you are right.

it's o bloody 2!

just got rung again and it went through to the sales person who basically told me what you said. what fools!!!

hardly effective marketing

[Guest HelloDave]

Aaagh - I hate those damn telemarketers! :evil: I had them calling every few days before Christmas, and it was really p***ing me off, so I decided to record a long and slightly (OK, very) sarcastic answerphone message in the voice of John Peel (as you do). I made it non offensive to try and annoy them even more, although it's a pity that Orange only let you record a maximum of one minute, but never mind, it kept 'em waiting :lol: Only problem was then the little bu**ers listened to it, and some left a message, ranging from "good one mate", to lauging, to "I think you should f*ck off" (nice).

Why anyone would buy someting from a cold caller is beyond me however...